To Everything There Is A Season - Turn, Turn, Turn

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

(King James Bible, Ecclesiastes 3, 1-8)

l. Pentru orice lucru este o clipa prielnica si vreme pentru orice indeletnicire de sub cer.
2. Vreme este sa te nasti si vreme sa mori; vreme este sa sadesti si vreme sa smulgi ceea ce ai sadit.
3. Vreme este sa ranesti si vreme sa tamaduiesti; vreme este sa darami si vreme sa zidesti.
4. Vreme este sa plangi si vreme sa razi; vreme este sa jelesti si vreme sa dantuiesti.
5. Vreme este sa arunci pietre si vreme sa le strangi; vreme este sa imbratisezi si vreme este sa fugi de imbratisare.
6. Vreme este sa agonisesti si vreme sa prapadesti; vreme este sa pastrezi si vreme sa arunci.
7. Vreme este sa rupi si vreme sa cosi; vreme este sa taci si vreme sa graiesti.
8. Vreme este sa iubesti si vreme sa urasti. Este vreme de razboi si vreme de pace.
(Cartea Ecclesiastului 3, 1-8)


Ecclesiastes is the Greek translation for the Hebrew Qoheleth, meaning perhaps one who convokes an assembly. The book, however, does not consist of public addresses, but is a treatise, more or less logically developed, on the vanity of all things.
(Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible)

There are many roads to the Word of the Lord. I heard a song that I liked, Turn, Turn, Turn. I went then to the Book of Ecclesiastes to find there the verses.
How do we receive the wisdom of the Book? With certain sadness, we’d like to remain young. Here’s another song:

Once upon a time there was a tavern...
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours...
And dreamed of all the great things we would do?

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.